More turtle-y goodness! Craft Passion is sharing patterns and tutorials for two cute and handy projects: a tiny turtle pin cushion and a bigger turtle combo pin cushion and sewing kit. Go to the post.
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What’s up, Doc?
Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching has spotted another incidence of embroidery in pop culture, and it’s a real winner. Doc Martens are available with embroidered embellishments! So. Freakin. Awesome. Enjoy Jenny’s clever post.
Wee Little Stitches – Free Futurama Pattern
Peacock Cross Stitch
Tutorial: Add applique to a bag
V and Co. shows us how to add colorful and sweetly simple applique to spruce up a store-bought canvas tote. See the tute.
Space Invaders
Tutorial | Creating Stamped Backgrounds
Leeann from the Hambly Design Team shares a new technique for creating backgrounds with heavy overlays and stamping. Click here to go to the tutorial.
Free pattern: Infant peasant dress, size 0-3 months
Abby from Sew Much Ado shares a free pattern and tutorial for making a peasant dress for an itty bitty baby. The pattern is for babies 0-3 months, perfect for making as a baby gift. It’s an easy style of … Read More...
Snowflake Biscornu
Tutorial: Little girl’s Evelyn top with kangaroo pockets
Jess from Bits for Baby and Craftiness Is Not Optional shows how to make her Evelyn top for little girls. This is SUCH a cute top!! The long-sleeved tunic top is made from a fun cotton print with a contrast … Read More...
Making an Impression in Clay
Once you’ve textured your clay, you may want to highlight it and bring out the texture. This tutorial on Parole de Pate (I’m linking to the Google translator version, the French is fine even if the English translation makes me … Read More...
Tutorial: Mod petal appliqued tote bag
Vanessa from V and Co. shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to use hand applique techniques to add a sunburst of mod petals to a plain tote bag. The varying shades of pink (LOVE!) give it an ombre … Read More...
Tutorial: Recycled Denim Jeans pocket pot holder
Jill from Jembellish and Creating My Way To Success shows how to make a potholder out of an old jeans pocket. The pocket is a cute embellishment – and practical, too, since it’s just the right size for your hand. … Read More...
Tutorial: Baby’s taggie cube toy
Abby from Things for Boys guest blogs at All for the Boys with a tutorial showing how to make a baby’s taggie cube toy. The soft fabric cube has bits of ribbon sticking out from the sides for a baby’s … Read More...
Free hand-embroidery patterns
We’ve chosen the best hand-embroidery patterns for you to attempt this week! We offer something for everyone, whether you’re a novice or a seasoned veteran. Our free cross-stitch patterns range from simple cross-stitch patterns to more complex floral and animal … Read More...
Starting Scrapbooking This Year?
Are you starting scrapbooking (or any other new craft) this year? Check out this article from CraftSwag with some advice for new crafters. Click here to go to the article.
6 Valentine Wreath Ideas
It’s that time of year again. Time to dress up your door with a pretty Valentine wreath and spread the season of love! Last year I featured several Valentine wreath ideas, but there are always new ideas out there … Read More...
Cake in a Mug
Insta-homemade-cake? How so very last-minute perfect. Find the recipe HERE at Serious Eats, courtesy of the ever-clever CakeSpy.
Looking for more recipes for mug cakes? Check out our favorite mug cake recipe book
for making the best mug … Read More...
Recent monogram patterns
Here are some recent monogram patterns from Kathy Shaw of Shawkl:
(1) Wine Country T
(2) Wine Country U
(3) French Script T
(4) French Script U
(5) French Script Q
(6) French Script W
(7) French Script X, Y, … Read More...
Tutorial | Birthday Card
Paula from Purple Cows sent along this tutorial for making a birthday card. The card was made for Celeste, another member of the team. I think I also saw something about a giveaway? 😉 Click here to go … Read More...